Beauty & Spa The Travels of Isabella Bird: III Amber Mezbourian Japan had only opened its borders to the outside world ten years before... She decided not to spend the night there, instead travelling a further ten
Culture Meeting the Kamakura Daibutsu Tomoko Kamishima It was created step by step, in more than ten incremental pouring, starting... the foundation stones of a building that once housed Daibutsu (Daibutsu-den
Culture A Visit to Mt Yoshino Paul Hackshaw you can have a traditional style hot bath and feel relaxed for 1,000 yen... The tea set comes to about 650 yen.
8 Accommodation Ryokan Masuya, Hakone Larry Knipfing Rates start at 3725 yen per day - a real steal considering!
9 Culture Kamakura's Wakamiya-oji Street Larry Knipfing Turn left, and it's a ten minute stroll along a beautiful path to Hachimangu
Area Mamurogawa Mamurogawa (真室川) is known as Ume no Sato (梅の里 lit. 'plum town'). A Plum Festival is held here every year during Golden Week (around April 29th to May 6th) at Mamurogawa Park. U..
Activities Southeast Botanical Gardens Michael Flemming available that will drive visitors around the park with a guide for 500 yen... several locations where visitors can feed carp, koi and other fish for 100 yen
Culture History of Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima It is well known that Yoshimitsu admired Zen Priest Muso Soseki and often... Yoshimitsu even stayed all night at the temple for his own Zen practice